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skip

Pronunciation: /skɪp/

The English word “skip” has 20 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To move by hopping on alternate feet.
  2. To leap about lightly.
  3. To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
  4. To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
  5. To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).
  6. Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).
  7. To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.
  8. To leap lightly over.
  9. To jump rope.
  10. To cause the stylus to jump back to the previous loop of the record's groove, continuously repeating that part of the sound, as a result of excessive scratching or wear. (of a phonograph record)
  11. To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.
  12. To have insufficient ink transfer.

noun

  1. A leaping or jumping movement; the action of one who skips.
  2. The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
  3. A trick allowing the player to proceed to a later section of the game without playing through a section that was intended to be mandatory.
  4. A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
  5. A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.
  6. skywave propagation
  7. A song, typically one on an album, that is not worth listening to.
  8. A large container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents, or to be picked up by hydraulic arms so that its contents can be dumped into the truck.

Etymology

From Middle English skippen, skyppen, of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skupjaną, perhaps related to *skeubaną (“to drive, push”), iterative *skuppōną (“to push/move repeatedly, skip”), from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ- (“to push, throw, shake”). Related to Icelandic skopa (“to take a run”), Old Swedish skuppa (“to skip”), modern dialectal Swedish skopa, skimpa (“to skip,…

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